Container for combining gas with a liquid mixture and for conveying the mixture thereby obtained to a machine, particularly for use in ice cream making machines

Claim 1

In combination with an ice cream freezer an apparatus for producing a gas-liquid emulsion and for conveying said emulsion to said ice cream freezer, said apparatus comprising the combination of: a sealed container having a quantity of liquid ice cream mix therein; a pipe in communication with the upper part of said sealed container above the top of the liquid for supplying gas under pressure to said sealed container; a mixing block positioned within said container and adjacent the bottom thereof below the top of the liquid, said mixing block having a mixing chamber therein and an opening communicating with said sealed container below the top of the liquid to admit liquid from the container into said mixing chamber; a first tube extending upwardly of the mixing chamber above the top of the liquid for conducting gas from the upper portion of said sealed container above the top of the liquid to said mixing chamber; means connected to said first tube for controlling and varying the flow of said gas to said mixing chamber; a second tube connected to, and in communication with, said mixing chamber and extending outwardly of the container for conveying the emulsion formed within said chamber from said chamber; and means detachably secured to said second tube and extending to the freezer for conveying said emulsion to the ice cream freezer.